Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of female school adolescents in northwest Ethiopia, March 2007.
From: Age at menarche and the menstrual pattern of secondary school adolescents in northwest Ethiopia
Variable | no (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
14.5 | 2(0.3) |
15.5 | 36(5.9) |
16.5 | 181(29.6) |
17.5 | 194(31.7) |
18.5 | 177(28.9) |
19.5 | 22(3.6) |
District | |
Dabat | 307(50.2) |
Koladiba | 305(49.8) |
Residence | |
Urban | 237(38.7) |
Rural | 375(61.3) |
Grade | |
9th | 406(66.3) |
10th | 206(33.7) |
Religion | |
Orthodox | 568(92.8) |
Muslim | 33(5.4) |
Other | 11(1.8) |
Ethnicity | |
Amhara | 610(99.6) |
Other | 2(0.4) |
Marital status | |
Single | 560(91.5) |
Married | 44(7.1) |
Divorced | 8(1.4) |